# Melanis

Melanis is a genus in the butterfly family Riodinidae present in the Neotropical realm.

## Species

* Melanis aegates (Hewitson, 1874)
** M. a. aegates present in Bolivia
** M. a. albugo (Stichel, 1910) present in Paraguay
** M. a. araguaya (Seitz, 1913) present in Brazil
** M. a. cretiplaga (Stichel, 1910) present in Paraguay and Argentina
** M. a. lilybaeus (Stichel, 1926) present in Brazil
** M. a. limbata (Stichel, 1925) present in Brazil
** M. a. melliplaga (Stichel, 1910) present in French Guiana and Suriname
* Melanis alena (Hewitson, 1870) present in Brazil
* Melanis boyi (Stichel, 1923) present in Brazil
* Melanis cephise (Ménétriés, 1855)
** M. c. cephise present in Nicaragua and Mexico
** M. c. acroleuca (R. Felder, 1869) present in Mexico
** M. c. huasteca J. & A. White, 1989 present in Mexico
* Melanis cercopes (Hewitson, 1874) present in Bolivia
* Melanis cinaron (C. & R. Felder, 1861) present in Colombia, Brazil and Peru
* Melanis cratia (Hewitson, 1870)
* Melanis electron (Fabricius, 1793)
** M. e. electron present in French Guiana, Trinidad and Tobago and Venezuela
** M. e. auriferax (Stichel, 1910) present in Brazil
** M. e. epijarbas (Staudinger, 1888) present in Brazil
** M. e. herellus (Snellen, 1887) present in Curaçao
** M. e. melantho (Ménétriés, 1855) present in Panama, Guatemala and Nicaragua
** M. e. pronostriga (Stichel, 1910) present in Colombia and Brazil
** M. e. rabuscula (Stichel, 1910) present in Brazil and Peru
* Melanis herminae (Zikán, 1952) present in Brazil
* Melanis hillapana (Röber, 1904)
** M. h. hillapana present in Bolivia and Peru
** M. h. corinna (Zikán, 1952) present in Brazil
** M. h. cratippa (Seitz, 1913) present in Brazil
** M. h. impura (Stichel, 1910)
* Melanis hodia (Butler, 1870) present in Venezuela
* Melanis leucophlegma (Stichel, 1910) present in Peru
* Melanis lioba (Zikán, 1952) present in Brazil
* Melanis lycea Hübner, 1823 present in Brazil
* Melanis marathon (C. & R. Felder, [1865])
** M. m. marathon present in Venezuela and Colombia
** M. m. assimulata (Stichel, 1910) present in Colombia
** M. m. charon (Butler, 1874) present in Brazil
** M. m. stenotaenia Röber, 1904 present in Peru
* Melanis melandra Hübner, [1819] present in Suriname
* Melanis melaniae (Stichel, 1930) present in Brazil
* Melanis opites (Hewitson, 1875) present in Brazil
* Melanis passiena (Hewitson, 1870) present in Colombia
* Melanis pixe (Boisduval, [1836])
** M. p. pixe present in the US at Texas and Mexico
** M. p. corvina (Stichel, 1910) present in Colombia
** M. p. sanguinea (Stichel, 1910) present in Panama and Costa Rica
* Melanis seleukia (Stichel, 1910) present in Brazil
* Melanis smithiae (Westwood, 1851)
** M. s. smithiae present in Bolivia and Brazil
** M. s. xarifa (Hewitson, [1853]) present in Colombia and Venezuela
* Melanis unxia (Hewitson, [1853]) present in Brazil
* Melanis vidali (Dognin, 1891) present in Ecuador
* Melanis volusia (Hewitson, [1853]) present in Brazil
* Melanis xenia (Hewitson, [1853])
** M. x. xenia present in Brazil
** M. x. ambryllis (Hewitson, 1874) present in Paraguay and Bolivia
* Melanis yeda (Zikán, 1952) present in Brazil

### Sources

* Melanis sur funet